Clinical impact of adenosine triphosphate injection on arrhythmogenic superior vena cava in the context of atrial fibrillation ablation

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 497-503

  Miyazaki, Shinsuke ^a   Taniguchi, Hiroshi ^a   Komatsu, Yuki ^a   Uchiyama, Takashi ^a   Kusa, Shigeki ^a   Nakamura, Hiroaki ^a   Hachiya, Hitoshi ^a   Hirao, Kenzo ^b   Iesaka, Yoshito ^a  

^a TSUCHIURA KYODO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adenosine; Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Superior vena cava

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ISOPRENALINE; ADENOSINE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ABLATION THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; TACHYCARDIA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CATHETER ABLATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; INTRALESIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY VEIN; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOSINE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; SUPERIOR VENA CAVA;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRALESIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY VEINS; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR;

EID: 84883036882     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.113.000281     Document Type: Article

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